NEWS ABOUT EOS GRANTEES

Putting Lawyers on the Case
Financial circumstances can cause or contribute to illness, interfere with treatment and recovery, and impede access to medical care. Addressing these barriers to health is often a matter of legal intervention and advocacy, work being pioneered by the Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston (MLP/Boston), recently featured in the Boston Globe.
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Poor childhood takes a lifelong toll
Children’s HealthWatch researchers have created a “hardship index” that measures the diminished quality of food, housing, and home energy among the poor. The cumulative effects of deprivation in young children has profound repercussions throughout their lives: “America’s impoverished families are in a complex humanitarian emergency,” according to Deborah Frank, MD. Read More

Thrive in 5: Innovative Grants Aid Five Boston Neighborhoods
When families are engaged in their children’s learning and development, children succeed personally and academically. To aid this process, Thrive in 5 recently announced $450,000 in grants to five local organizations. Read More

NEWS FROM THE EOS FOUNDATION

The Boston Opportunity Agenda: An Educational Pipeline to Economic Security
In an unprecedented joint effort to promote upward mobility among Boston’s youth, leading philanthropies, including the Eos Foundation, have formed a new partnership with the city’s government and schools. The partnership, the Boston Opportunity Agenda, will address educational needs from birth through post-secondary achievement.
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EOS Joins Coalition to Advance Child Nutrition Act
Without proper nutrients, children suffer from malnutrition, childhood obesity, and low achievement in school—and that’s why the Eos Foundation recently joined forces with the Child Nutrition Initiative, an education and advocacy campaign to support passage of the 2010 Child Nutrition Act. Read More